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What is the function of white matter in the brain?
What is the function of white matter in the brain?
- Composed of cell bodies, dendrites, and axon terminals.
- Forms the cortex of the brain and deeper parts of the spinal cord.
- Responsible for higher processing in the brain.
- Transmits information between gray matter areas. (correct)
What is the primary component of gray matter?
What is the primary component of gray matter?
- Superficial parts of the spinal cord.
- Axons
- Cell bodies, dendrites, and axon terminals. (correct)
- Thalamus and hypothalamus.
Why does gray matter consume more than 90% of the oxygen in the brain?
Why does gray matter consume more than 90% of the oxygen in the brain?
- Due to its high metabolic activity and involvement in complex cognitive functions. (correct)
- Due to its formation of superficial parts of the spinal cord.
- Due to its role in transmitting information between gray matter areas.
- Due to its formation of deeper structures of the brain.
Which part of the brain is responsible for transmitting information between gray matter areas?
Which part of the brain is responsible for transmitting information between gray matter areas?
What is the primary function of gray matter in the brain?
What is the primary function of gray matter in the brain?
What forms the cortex of the brain and deeper parts of the spinal cord?
What forms the cortex of the brain and deeper parts of the spinal cord?
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for visual processing?
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for visual processing?
Which area of the cerebral cortex is responsible for motor speech production?
Which area of the cerebral cortex is responsible for motor speech production?
In what percentage of left-handed individuals can language and speech functions be found in the right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex?
In what percentage of left-handed individuals can language and speech functions be found in the right hemisphere of the cerebral cortex?
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for movement, orientation, and perception?
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is responsible for movement, orientation, and perception?
What is the function of the corpus callosum in the cerebral cortex?
What is the function of the corpus callosum in the cerebral cortex?
Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is predominantly responsible for language and speech functions in most individuals?
Which hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is predominantly responsible for language and speech functions in most individuals?
Which of the following is true about cerebral autoregulation?
Which of the following is true about cerebral autoregulation?
What is the normal CBF in the brain?
What is the normal CBF in the brain?
Which of the following is true about the relationship between cerebral metabolism and CBF?
Which of the following is true about the relationship between cerebral metabolism and CBF?
